Buckle



Patented lli/liar. 2U?, i923.

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LUDWIG POLLAK, OF ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS.

BUCKLE.

Application filed October 10, 1922, Serial No, 593,591.

To @ZZ #whom if; may concern:

Be it known that l, LUDWIG POLLAK, a citizen oit the Austrian Republic, residing at Rotterdam, Netherlands, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in lluikles, of which the following is a speci hcation.

My invention refers to means for fixing sash-buckles or hair-clasps in position and its particular object is a buckle or clasp which can be secured to a ribbon or belt or to the hair more easily and which is less expensive than similar devices hitherto in use.

The buckles or clasps as hitherto known are as a rule provided with a pin or the like hinged to it, a hook or sleeve being lined to the back of the buckle or clasp to receive and hold the point of the pin. Quite apart from the fact that the sash or belt is spoilt by piercing it with the pin, a sepabate hook or sleeve must be fixed to the,

buckle or clasp by soldering, riveting or the like.

In the buckle or clasp according to my in ven'tion these drawbacks are overcome in a very simple manner as shown by way of example in the `drawings accompanying this specification, Where I have illustrated a buckle or clasp embodying my invention.

l is an elevation,

2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2v2 in Fig. l, while Fig. 8 shows the buckle or clasp in position on a ribbon or scart.

Referring to the drawings` a is the buckle or -clasp proper which may consist oi" rnetah Wood, horn, ivory, tortoise-shell, 4U mother of pearl or the like and may have any desired shape, being` either plain or decorated, incrusted, etc Zi is a hole er;u tending through the body c near one of its ends and in parallel with its front and rear lf3 faces and c is a groove or notch provided piercing of the fabric nor requiring in the other end of the body and extending substantially in parallel with the hole 7i. is an elastic, substantially oval ring of steel 0r other metal wire extending through thehole o and being formed to have a larger diameter somewhat smaller than the distance between the hole Z) and the notch c. By gripping the lateral portions of the ring Z between two fingers it can easily be tlattened and elongated to such an extent, that its larger diameter gets longer than the distance between Z) and c. By carryingi` the ring thus elongated over the notch c and releasing the hold on its late al portions it can be allowed to return to its original shape and, in doing so, to enter the notch c to be retained therein by elastic pressure. ln this manner the clasp or buckle can. be secured on a ribbon or sash e or vin the hair in the easiest way without requiring any any special means, besides the notch c, 'for retaining the free portion of the wire in closing position.

(fl'bvi'ously the wire ring, instead olf being oval. or flat, might as well be circular or quadrangular in shape and its 4lateral portions might be curved in two dimensions. The body a may serve as the fastening means, while the ring, which may consist of gold or silver wire, may :torni the decorative main part of the buckle.

l claim:

A.V buckle or clasp comprising in coinbina tion, an elongated body provided with hole near one end and a notch in parallel with the hole in the sectional face oit the other end, and an elastic wire ring eitei'iding through the hole, the diameter oil id ring in the middle axis ol said bony being sl, 1y smaller than the distance between the hole and the notch in body.

ln testimony whereof l alii); mj.' signa-y ture.

LUDG POLLAK, 

